{"id":55881,"date":"2016-09-02T20:48:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T11:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=55881"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:49","slug":"bandit-1200-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20160902\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-18","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection, Clutch Hose Fabrication, Muffler Ceramic Coating, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_1528.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1528\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/DSC_1528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/DSC_1528-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/DSC_1528-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nThe inspection is complete, so we&#8217;re moving forward with the clutch hose and everything else.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_1526.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1526\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/DSC_1526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/DSC_1526-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/DSC_1526-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nIt came out clean and simple.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1620171.jpg\" alt=\"P1620171\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620171.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620171-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620171-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nWe deliberately went for a good angle with the fitting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1620172.jpg\" alt=\"P1620172\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620172.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620172-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620172-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nWe cut it to the length needed. Off-the-shelf options are usually too long, which is disappointing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1620168.jpg\" alt=\"P1620168\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620168.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620168-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620168-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nThey wanted both sides to use cotter pins for easy removal. If you don&#8217;t need the lever too far out, cotter pins are better for workability.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1620165.jpg\" alt=\"P1620165\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620165.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620165-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620165-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nThe fairing cracked, so they asked if we could do something about it. The grommet fits, but clearance-wise we determined plastic won&#8217;t work. We made a catch plate from titanium T=0.8 and bonded it in place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1620166.jpg\" alt=\"P1620166\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620166.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620166-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620166-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nA few hours later&#8230; it stuck perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P1620167.jpg\" alt=\"P1620167\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620167.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620167-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/P1620167-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nEven pushing hard, it holds. The catch and titanium spring feel great.<br \/>\nThe muffler should arrive by next week, so we should be able to deliver it this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inspection is complete, so we&#8217;re moving forward with the clutch hose and everything else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[1922,122],"class_list":["post-55881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-bandit","tag-vehicle-inspection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}